Earl of Windsor

Departed Hong Kong 4 December 1861.
Arrived Georgetown 17 March 1862

This website page was updated on
15 October 2004

News Item

The Ship Earl of Windsor, of 738 tons, DICK Commander,
arrived today from Hong Kong, after a passage of 98 days, with the
following Immigrants, 174 males, 123 females and 7 children, giving a
total of 304. Twenty-three deaths occurred during the passage; one
man was missed, and it was supposed that he had jumped overboard.
There are two remarkable features in this case; one the very high per
centage of mortality — which we have not yet heard accounted for, —
and the other, the large proportion of females to males, as compared
with former arrivals. [Royal Gazette, 18 Mar 1862]

The Commission of Enquiry in the case of the Earl of
Windsor have sent in their report, but we have not received any
accurate information as to the results. It is said that the charge of
promiscuous intercourse between the sexes was correct in the main,
although the Captain and Officers endeavoured to guard against the
evil, but that the other charges preferred by the Doctor — whatever
those may be — were not substantiated, and that consequently, the
passage money has been paid. [Royal Gazette, 12 Apr 1862]

Allocation to plantations

Allotted to

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F

Allotted to

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F

Allotted to

M

F

Leonora

24

17

La Belle Alliance

15

8

Unallotted

2

6

Anna Regina

30

21

Maryville + Belfield

12

12

In Lunatic Asylum

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1

Hamburg + Sophienburg

17

12

Sparta

21

20

Died

4

2

Hampton Court

19

10

Cove & John

5

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Immigrants

Note: Because of poor penmanship and deterioration of
the historic documents, it was sometimes difficult to read the handwriting in
the records and this has resulted in some duplication in the transcription of
some passenger numbers as well as variations in spelling from what was
originally inscribed.